Melissa Lenos

Melissa Lenos is a third-year Ph.D. student in Temple University's Mass Media and Communication program. Her current projects focus on race and gender representation in film, genre history and the cultural function of Hollywood remakes. She is also interested in online community building and class studies. She has published in Critical Quarterly online and has upcoming chapters in two as-yet-untitled anthologies on film remakes and trash cinema.

Melissa teaches in the Film and Media Arts department, where she recently designed a course on the history of American women filmmakers. She lives in Mt. Airy with her partner, artist Corey Antis and a very small cat.